Sunday, March 22, 2026, 14:06 GMT+7

Chinese murder suspect apprehended at Ho Chi Minh City airport before fleeing Vietnam

The Criminal Police Division under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security has teamed up with border gate police at Tan Son Nhat International Airport to arrest a Chinese man suspected of murder before he could board a flight out of Vietnam.

Chinese murder suspect apprehended at Ho Chi Minh City airport before fleeing Vietnam

An image of a Chinese suspect in a murder case at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Contributor

Officers are continuing to investigate the death of a Chinese national who was found dead in a hotel in An Lac Ward, Ho Chi Minh City.

Preliminary information indicated that on Friday afternoon, an employee at the hotel reported discovering a guest deceased in his room under suspicious circumstances.

The victim, 58, held Chinese nationality.

During the probe, police identified H.Y., a 34-year-old Chinese, as a suspect in the murder case, so they requested assistance from the airport’s border gate police to track him.

Airport authorities discovered that Y. had already completed check-in for a Shandong Airlines flight from Tan Son Nhat to Shandong, China.

He was located shortly afterward at a café and was taken in for questioning by the Criminal Police Division, in coordination with airport police.

Chinese murder suspect apprehended at Ho Chi Minh City airport before fleeing Vietnam - Ảnh 1.

H.Y. at the location where the blade was hidden on top of a drink cabinet in a pho restaurant inside Terminal 2. Photo: Contributor

Police also found a blade, believed to have been used in the murder, hidden on top of a drink cabinet in a pho restaurant within Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s Terminal 2 for international flights.

Tieu Bac - Dan Thuan / Tuoi Tre News
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